TPDL Day #9 - What Makes God Smile?

Our first purpose in life is to please God. How much pleasure is God getting out of my life? The best way for me to understand this lesson is to think about my own children. When do they please me? I am pleased when my children are trusting, loving, thankful, obedient, amiable, and gracious.

I am pleased when my children trust that I know what is best and that I will be here to take care of them. The other night my daughter came down to my room because she was having a nightmare. I let her lay in the bed next to me and I assured her that I would not let anything get her. After about five minutes, she was asleep and I did not here another peep out of her until the morning.

I am pleased when my children are loving. I find great enjoyment when I come home from work and my children will drop whatever they are doing and come running to the door with hugs and kisses. They missed me while I was away and want to spend time with me.

I am pleased when my children are thankful and gracious for what they have been given. When you do something for someone else, there is nothing worse than to feel unappreciated. However, when you are thanked, appreciated and shown gratitude it is a tremendous sensation.

When my children are obedient I am pleased. I find great pleasure it the few times that my children actually do what I ask the first time without complaining or making excuses.

I find pleasure and contentment when my children play amiably. In order to get along and play amiably with other people, we sometimes have to put their feelings first. It cannot always be about what you want to do and when you want to do it.

Try to look to the parallels of what others do to please you. When you realize the things that allow you to have pleasure, you can then understand the types of things that bring pleasure to God.